Bill Text: MI HB4971 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Criminal procedure; other; authority of counties to offer reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction; increase maximum reward. Amends sec. 19, ch. XVI of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 776.19).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-18 - Reassigned To Committee On Local Government [HB4971 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4971-Engrossed.html

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HB-4971, As Passed House, April 12, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled

 

"The code of criminal procedure,"

 

by amending section 19 of chapter XVI (MCL 776.19).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER XVI

 

     Sec. 19. (1) The board of supervisors commissioners of a

 

county is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general

 

fund of the county not to exceed 2,000 dollars more than $20,000.00

 

as a reward for the arrest and conviction, or for information

 

leading to the arrest and conviction, of any person or persons

 

having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from

 

any penal institution therein: Provided, That the within the

 

county.

 

     (2) The powers granted hereby in this section may be exercised

 

by the finance committee of the board of supervisors commissioners

 

of a county when said the board of supervisors commissioners of the

 

county is not in session upon the request of a reward by the

 

sheriff or the prosecuting attorney of the county.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.